The snakes and the lions

ch 5 Merry Christmas

It's been a few months and Christmas eve was just around the corner. Kids we're packing up their luggage and getting ready to head home for the holidays. Once he was done he was done packing he headed to the female side of the dorms to look for Merula. He came up to a group of girls who were chatting while sitting on their luggage

"Uhm excuse me." (Y/N) said grabbing their attention

"Yeah?" One of the girls responded

"Have you seen Merula, messy hair, purple eyes, really rude but nice when she gets to know you." He describes her

"Oh yeah we know who." The second girl admits

"Yeah you had us at messy hair. But yeah she left not that long ago." The girl responded

"How do you get along with her. I mean she's thinks she's so much better than everyone else all because she took down a stupid troll." The third girl said

"I know, a Hufflepuff could do that. She's not that special." The second girl said

"I'd appreciate it if you didn't talk about my friend in such a bad manner right in front of me." (Y/N) says calmly

"Why do you care what people say about her?"

"Yeah it's not like she has any friends!"

"The strongest witch, more like the loneliest witch!"

"What a loser!"

The girls laugh at Merula as (Y/N) just watched. He already had his answer of where she was so he left the girls so themselves. Although he decided to put a small charm on the girls, nothing that'll harm them of course

"Cantis!" He whispers

The girls started singing loudly, every word the spoke they sang it. Everyone in the dormitory were looking at the three of them as if they were crazy. They tried asking for someone to help them but they would always sing causing anyone who heard them to start laughing at them. All the while (Y/N) had a mischievous smile on his face, nothing out of the usual for a Slytherin

Walking through the halls of the school seemed different than usual. The halls were nearly empty only a few students talking and saying their goodbyes. So when someone bumped into him it completely caught him by surprise. The sound of luggage dropping to the floor were particularly loud in the halls, echoing all the way down. Looking up at the person he bumped into he sees a Griffindor girl-the one who got cornered by a troll in the bathroom-to be precise. He didn't really catch her name or has tried talking to her ever since but he has seen her around Harry a lot

"Sorry about that, didn't see you." He says as he helps picking up her luggage

"Never thought a Slytherin would apologize to anyone, based on how all the ones I've seen don't think about anyone except for themselves." She replies

"Yeah well my mom always said I acted more like a Hufflepuff but I always have the tendencies of a Slytherin. I'm just good at not letting it get the best of me." (Y/N) says

"You don't say. Hermione Granger." She says putting her hand out

"(Y/N) Goodwill, pleasure." He says taking her hand

"I don't see your friend around, you two are usually next to each other." She comments

"I was actually on my way to say bye, going home for the holidays, I should probably apologize for her actions. Throwing you under the bus like that." He says

"I'll admit it was smart but arguing would've most likely made it worse. But I did owe her for taking down the troll, she's strong for a first year." She admits